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United States. Affiliations. Simmons College. Garland Junior College (1872–1976) was a liberal arts women's college in Boston, Massachusetts. Mary Garland established the Garland Kindergarten Training School in 1872 on Chestnut Street in Boston's Beacon Hill.
Garland Junior College records: Dates: 1872-1984: Identification: MS 104: Quantity: 42 linear feet (96 containers) Collection Abstract: SCOPECONTENT ABSTRACT HERE! Historical Abstract: BIOGHIST ABSTRACT HERE! Language: Material in English. Location: Collection may be stored offsite. Please contact Archives staff for more information.
Garland Junior College. Garland Junior College (1872–1976) was a liberal arts women's college in Boston, Massachusetts. Mary Garland established the Garland Kindergarten Training School in 1872 on Chestnut Street in Boston's Beacon Hill.
(1928–74). The work of U.S. poet Anne Sexton is noted for its confessional intensity. She won the 1967 Pulitzer Prize in poetry for Live or Die. A lifelong resident of New England, Anne Harvey was born on Nov. 9, 1928, in Newton, Mass. She attended Garland Junior College for a year before her marriage in 1948 to Alfred M. Sexton II.
Learn about the history and legacy of Garland Junior College, a private women's college in Boston that offered AS degrees in Homemaking and Art. Find out how it started as a kindergarten training school in 1872 and ended up merging with Simmons College in 1976.
Garland Junior College (1872-1976) was a liberal arts women's college in Boston, Massachusetts. Mary Garland established the Garland Kindergarten Training School in 1872 on Chestnut Street in Boston's Beacon Hill. By 1903, the school had expanded its curriculum to include home economics, and was renamed the Garland School of Homemaking.
She attended boarding school and after graduation enrolled in Garland Junior College for one year. Sexton later described Garland as a “finishing” school. At age 19, she married Alfred “Kayo” Sexton II. While Kayo was serving in Korea, Anne became a fashion model. In 1953, she gave birth to her first child and in 1955, her second.
